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Keep On Trackin’
Me2B Research: Consumer Views on Respectful Technology In the research I’ve been doing on respectful technology relationships at the Me2B Alliance, it’s a combination of “I’ve got nothing to hide” and “I’ve got no other option”. People are deeply entangled in their technology relationships. Even when presented with overwhelmingly bad scores on Terms of Service…
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The Occasional Mentor: On Making Decisions and Getting a Job During a Pandemic
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in November. Why do some people randomly do things to…
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Downward Dot Voting
My friend Austin Govella wrote today on using a kind of whole-body dot voting to teach teams to “Vote With Your Feet“. We are in a Liminal Thinking group on Facebook where he initially threw his ideas around. I was excited that he chose to add my comment about using negative dots to vote down…
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The Occasional Mentor: On Minimal and Natural UI, Mid-Career Change and Hailing Taxis in NYC
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A monthly(ish) column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in May. This one has a fun one at the…
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The Occasional Mentor: More on the UI/UX Controversy, Learning UX, Hiring Designers and Hackathons
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in February. Why are UX advocates very picky about…
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